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Fifty-Second Supplfmfnt to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds We/lM/t 128(3):500-613, 2011 © The American Ornithologists' Union, 2011. Printed in USA. FIFTY-SECOND SUPPLFMFNT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS R. TERRY CHESSER,^'^2,I3 RICHARD C. BANKS,^ F. KEITH BARKER,^ CARLA CICERO,^ JON L. DUNN,'* ANDREW W. KRATTER,^ IRBY J. LOVETTE,^ PAMELA C. RASMUSSEN,^ J. V. REMSEN, JR.,"^ JAMES D. RISING,^ DOUGLAS F. STOTZ,^"^ AND KEVIN WINKER" 'i/.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-IU, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013, USA; ''•Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota SS4S5, USA; ^Museum of Vertebrate Zooiogy, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; "52 Nevada Street, Bishop, California 93514, USA; '^Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesviile, Florida 32611, USA; ^Cornell Laboratory of Ornithoiogy, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA; ''Michigan State University Museum and Department ofZooiogy, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA; ^Museum of Naturai Science, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall 119, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; ^Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Zoological Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; ^^Environment, Culture and Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA; and ^''University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, Aiaska 99775, USA This is the 11th supplement since publication of the seventh (Chrysomus icterocephalus) is changed; (9) the English name of one edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Or- species (Aphelocoma ultramarina) is modified as a result of a taxo- nithologists' Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made nomic change, and the English name of another species (Turdus nu- between 1 April 2010 and 15 April 2011 by the AOU's Committee digenis) is modified to distinguish it from an Old World species; and on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle Amer- (10) seven species (Procellaria aequinoctialis, Tigrisoma mexicanum, ica. The Committee has continued to operate in the manner out- Heliornis fúlica, Chloroceryle amazona, Pachyramphus major, My- lined in the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). There were no changes adestes occidentalis, and Turdus plumbeus) are added to the list of to committee membership in 2010. species known to occur in the United States. Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) six species More sweeping changes derive from adoption of a new classifi- (Pterodroma rostrata, Procellaria aequinoctialis. Circus buffoni, Ac- cation of the Parulidae, which results in the following: (1) 40 species cipiter poliogaster, Gallinago solitaria, and Oryzoborus crassirostris) (Geothlypis tolmiei, G. Philadelphia, G.formosa, Setophaga plúmbea, are added to the main list (including three species transferred from S. angelae, S. pharetra, S. citrina, S. kirtlandii, S. tigrina, S. cerúlea, S. the Appendix) on the basis of new distributional information; (2) americana, S. pitiayumi, S. magnolia, S. castanea, S. fusca, S. petechia, two species (Aphelocoma wollweberi and Setophaga flavescens) are S. pensylvanica, S. striata, S. caerulescens, S. palmarum, S. pityophila, added as a result of splits from species already on the list; (3) three S. pinus, S. coronata, S. dominica, S. vitellina, S. discolor, S. adelaidae, species' names are changed (to Gallinula galeata, Charadrius nivo- S. súbita, S. delicata, S. graciae, S. nigrescens, S. townsendi, S. occiden- sus, and Chaetura meridionalis) because of splits from extralimital talis, S. chrysoparia, S. virens, Basileuterus lachrymosus, CardelUna species; (4) two species are changed (to Amazilia brevirostris and canadensis, C. pusilla, C. rubra, and C. versicolor) are transferred to Ramphastos ambiguus) by being lumped with extralimital species; currently recognized genera; (2) one genus (Myiothlypis) is added be- (5) the authority for one genus (Peucedramus) is changed; (6) the cause of a split from another genus; (3) six genera (Parula, Dendroica, type localities of two species (Aethia pygmaea and Spizella brew- Wilsonia, Ergaticus, Euthlypis, and Phaeothlypis) are deleted by being eri) are revised; (7) the distributional status of one species (Puffinus lumped with other genera; and (4) a new linear sequence is adopted nativitatis) is changed; (8) the category of occurrence of one species for genera and species in this family. '^The authors are members of the American Ornithologists' Union's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, listed alphabetically after the Chairman. "E-mail: [email protected] The Auk, Vol. 128, Number 3, pages 600-613. ISSN 0004-8038, electronic ISSN 1938-4254. © 2011 by The American Ornithologists' Union. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals. com/reprintlnfo.asp. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.128.3.600 -600- JULY 2011 — FIFTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENT — 601 One newly recognized order (Pteroclidiformes) is added to Move PTEROCLIDIDAE and its included species to the the main list because of a split from an existing order, two newly newly inserted order PTEROCLIDIFORMES, to follow Frater- recognized families (Sapayoidae and Tityridae) are added to the cula cirrhata. main list by splits from existing families, and one family (Eury- laimidae) is removed because of one of these splits. A new linear Transfer Sapayoa aenigma to the newly inserted family sequence is adopted for families in the furnarioid suboscines. Four SAPAYOIDAE, to follow Campephilus imperialis. genera (Schiffornis, Laniocera, Tityra, and Pachyramphus) are moved from incertae sedis to the new family Tityridae, and one Change the sequence of families in the furnarioid suboscines species (Sapayoa aenigma) is moved to the new family Sapayoi- (FURNARIIDAE through RHINOCRYPTIDAE) to: dae. The genus Chlorospingus is moved from the family Thraup- idae to the family Emberizidae. Five genera (Luscinia, Tarsiger, THAMNOPHILIDAE Copsychus, Oenanthe, and Saxicola) are moved from the family CONOPOPHAGIDAE Turdidae to the family Muscicapidae, and a new linear sequence is GRALLARIIDAE adopted for species in the family Muscicapidae. RHINOCRYPTIDAE FORMICARIIDAE Literature that provides the basis for the Committee's de- FURNARIIDAE cisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and citations not already in the Literature Cited of the seventh edition (with supple- Transfer Schiffornis tardina, Laniocera rufescens, the two ments) become additions to it. An updated list of the bird species species of Tityra, and the nine species oí Pachyramphus, in this known from the AOU Check-list area is available at www.aou.org/ sequence, to the newly inserted family TITYRIDAE, to precede checklist/north/index.php. COTINGIDAE. Leave Piprites griseiceps as Genus INCERTAE SEDIS within the Tyrannidae, following Tyrannus savana. The following changes to the seventh edition (page numbers refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Committee's Move the four species oí Luscinia, Tarsiger cyanurus, Cop- actions: sychus malabaricus, Oenanthe oenanthe, and Saxicola torqua- tus to MUSCICAPIDAE, and rearrange the species in this family pp. xvii-liv. Change the number in the title of the list of spe- in the following sequence: cies to 2,078. Insert the following names in the proper position as indicated by the text of this supplement: Mascicapa griseisticta Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher. Pterodroma rostrata Tahiti Petrel. (A) Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher. Procellaria aequinoctialis White-chinned Petrel. (A) Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher. Circus buffoni Long-winged Harrier. (A) Copsychus malabaricus White-rumped Shama. AccipiterpoUogaster Gray-bellied Hawk. (A) Lascinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin. Gallinula galeata Common Gallinule. Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat. Charadrius tttvosus Snowy Plover. Luscinia svecica Bluethroat. Gallinago solitaria Solitary Snipe. (A) Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin. PTEROCLIDIFORMES Tarsiger cyanurus Red-flanked Bluetail. Chaetura meridionalis Sick's Swift. (A) Ficedula narcissina Narcissus Flycatcher. Ramphastos ambiguas Black-mandibled Toucan. Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher. SAPAYOIDAE Ficedula albicilla Taiga Flycatcher. TITYRIDAE Oenanthe oenanthe Northern Wheatear. Aphelocoma ultramarina Transvolcanic Jay. Saxicola torquatus Stonechat. Aphelocoma wollweberi Mexican Jay. Turdus nudigenis Spectacled Thrush. Rearrange the generic placements and sequence of species in *Oryzoborus crassirostris Large-billed Seed-Finch. PARULIDAE to the following: Delete the following names: Seiurus aurocapilla Ovenbird. Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen. Helmitheros vermivorum Worm-eating Warbler. Charadrius alexandrinus Snowy Plover. Parkesia motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush. Chaetura andret Ashy-tailed Swift. Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush. Ramphastos swainsonii Chestnut-mandibled Toucan. t Vermivora bachmanii Bachman's Warbler. EURYLAIMIDAE Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler. Aphelocoma ultramarina Mexican Jay. Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler. Turdus nudigenis Bare-eyed Thrush. Mniotilta varia Black-and-white
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